Selective breeding has been practiced since domestication, but early breeders commonly
selected on appearance (eg, coat color) rather than performance traits (eg, milk yield). A …

Efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production through selection and management
of low-emitting cows require accurate and large-scale measurements of methane (CH 4) …

The contributions that ruminant livestock make to greenhouse gas and other pollutant
emissions are well documented and of considerable policy and public concern. At the same …

Automated high-throughput phenoty** with sensors, imaging, and other on-farm
technologies has resulted in a flood of data that are largely under-utilized. Drastic cost …

To manage negative energy balance and ketosis in dairy farms, rapid and cost-effective
detection is needed. Among the milk biomarkers that could be useful for this purpose …

Increasing consumer awareness, scale of manufacture, and demand to ensure safety,
quality and sustainability have accelerated the need for rapid, reliable, and accurate …

Methods and technologies enabling the estimation at large scale of important traits for the
dairy sector are of great interest. Those phenotypes are necessary to improve herd …

Routine recording of claw health status at claw trimming of dairy cattle has been established
in several countries, providing valuable data for genetic evaluation. In this review, we …

Metabolic disorders are disturbances to one or more of the metabolic processes in dairy
cattle. Dysfunction of any of these processes is associated with the manifestation of …

The transition from late pregnancy to early lactation is a critical period in a dairy cow's life
due to the rapidly increasing drain of nutrients from the maternal organism towards the …